Week 28

Things are going well here in Lexington. With the numbers of people who have tested positive going up we've had to be a little bit more careful with who we come in contact with. 

Other than that things are going good. We can still be fed by members and do dinner appointments and have lessons with people at their houses. 

I crashed on my bike this week and I honestly should have been hurt worse than I actually was. Even though I messed up my foot, I know that it could have been a lot worse.

It made me think about how a lot of the time we ask for protection or for specific blessings. I ask for protection while we are on the bikes everyday and I honestly think that I was blessed because I'm still able to go out and talk to people. I can still walk and bike. I also think I learned a lot more about the blessing I have than if I wouldn't have crashed. 

Anyways I know this letter is short but hope everyone has a good week

Please water my plant mom 

Elder Amata 

Sorry no pictures this week I'll take more  some this week. 

Week 27

 I never know how to start these emails lol.

 Things are going good here in Lexington. Now I cover the west side of the city but we are in a "car share" area with the Spanish sister missionaries which means we get the car for half the week. We also got a new mission president and we had Interviews this week and he seems pretty cool. We live a little outside of the area that we are assigned and its a 40 min bike ride to get to the neighborhood where most of the people we are teaching so you know that I've been in great shape lol . 

My Spanish is getting a lot better but now I just need to learn a lot of vocabulary and some more specific grammar stuff. 

 On the 4th of July we got to watch the fireworks from our apartment and because it's on a hill we could see 4 different firework shows. 

One thing I have been thinking about this week is that if we are looking for the blessings and the hand of God in our lives then we will find that we are very blessed. To me faith is an action word that means we don't know what is going to happen in our lives but we do the things that Heavenly Father has asked us to do because we know that he will bless us if we do them. However, sometimes we come across decisions and forks in the road where it would be so much easier if we were told which path to take and when we pray about it and we make a choice and it doesn't turn out the way we expect or the outcome is disappointing it can be confusing and frustrating. 

I've learned that for me Heavenly Father allows me to trip and fall and stumble and make a fool out of myself sometimes. I think that he knows that I'm stubborn and that sometimes the only way that I learn is by being humbled. I know that everything happens for a reason, even if I can't fully understand what those reasons are until later down the road. I know that God has a plan for each and every one of us but we have to be constantly asking ourselves how can we learn from our mistakes and from our trials. 

Please water my plant mom 

Elder Amata, 

1) We always offer to take out the trash of the members that feed us and the only dumpster in this apartment complex is on the other side we put the bags on the bike rack. 

2) we were talking to some teenagers and I tried to do a kickflip and my shoes got scuffed but that's what shoe polish is for lol

3) i was cutting the hair of some of the members kids. 

Transfers

Hey so I know it's been a while since I've sent anything but I just wanted to let everyone know what's going on. So I've mover areas within out city so we have a new apartment so everything has been a little crazy. My address is

 100 lakeshore drive apt 54

Lexington Kentucky 40502

if anyone wants to send me anything.

We are now able to go around and talk to people outside in the streets but we still can't knock on people's doors that we don't know. Things seem like they are ever so slowly going back to normal.

The one thing I keep trying to remember is that my purpose as a missionary is to help people develop a stronger relationship with God. Sometimes it's hard to see the results of our efforts but I know that even if I can make someone's day better that is a win for me because that's what Jesus Christ would be doing if he were here. He would be serving the people and showing them the way that they can be happy. I know that there are things that when we follow God we will be blessed for it. 

I know that this isn't the most in depth email but I hope that everyone has a good week. 

Please water my plant mom 

Elder Amata 

1)me and "red ruby" the race horse 

2)us with the other elders making the car a low rider lol 

3)another race horse 

4)find me in the boxes (we helped someone move)